fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
management; managerial position; administrative post; person in a managerial position
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever
recommendation; referral; endorsement
to watch to the end; to ascertain; to determine; to know thoroughly; to obtain a deep understanding of
stingy; cheap; very frugal
solicitude; consideration; concern; (excessive) kindness
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
to fall into ruin; to become dilapidated; to become run-down; to become desolate; to be badly neglected
counselling service (counseling); life matters advice service
to see through (a lie, scheme, etc.); to see into (someone's mind); to read (someone's true feelings); to penetrate
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
Star of David; Magen David
Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens
main street; avenue; boulevard
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight; rough going; running into trouble; proceeding with difficulty
intelligence gathering; information gathering
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
call; summons; convening; convocation
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
bureaucratic routine; red tape
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to find out; to discover; to locate
the sixth sense; intuition; hunch